Monday, July 21, 2014

The Partridge Family

I stumbled on this delightful family of half a dozen fluffy baby Red-lagged Partridges with their mother at a quarry in the Baston a& Langtoft pits complex at the weekend. I don't recall ever seeing baby partridges before. Very cute!

Wednesday, July 09, 2014

Some garden insects

Swallowtail Moth
Elephant Hawkmoth
Lozotaeniodes formosana
Also, this Brown Hawker snuck into the actinic Skinner trap...

Thursday, June 26, 2014

Tree Pipit (digiscoped)

One of several John Saunders and I saw at Ashdown Forest, East Sussex, last Sunday, while looking for the Short-toed Eagle.

Acid Dragonflies, Ashdown Forest, Sussex

Brilliant Emerald
Keeled Skimmer
Female Beautiful Demoiselle
Emperor ovipositing
Small Red Damselflies
Finally, a spider with a taste for damselfies...